Defense Secretary Leon Panetta phoned Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Thursday and promised full investigation of a video that purports to depict four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters — a video both men condemned as deplorable. In a separate public statement, Panetta…
Idaho Democrats unveiled draft legislation setting up a new independent state ethics commission today, and they also announced that they’ve agreed with GOP leaders to set up a working group, with lawmakers from both parties and both houses, to agree on a bipartisan bill within…
Religious workers can't sue for job discrimination, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, saying for the first time that churches — not courts — are the best judges of whether clergy and other religious employees should be fired or hired. But the high court tempered its…
AK-47s. Bodies falling out of moving vehicles. Biker bars. These generally don’t come to mind when most folks think of family home movies. But these things do occur to Spokane siblings David Ball and Donna Larsen. For them, these are staples in the movies they’ve…
With an arrow that went completely through its breast, a Canadian goose takes a brief refuge on a sandbar in Percival Cove across from Capitol Lake, Wednesday in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/The Olympian, Steve Bloom) DFO: Wonder who's the lunkhead who tried to down a…
Noonish: PFPD Blue en route to 1500 block of American/PF to catch truant. He does. Noonish: Woman in 10900 block of Hauser Lake Road reports neighbor's dog charging fence. 11:49 a.m. Driver reports vehicle ran red light @ H95 & Dalton/CdA. Not willing to sign…
It is rare – very rare – that a state Supreme Court rises up on its hind legs and says to the United States Supreme Court we think you blew it. Yet, that is pretty much what the seven member Montana Supreme Court said just…
Phones are ringing off the hook at Stillwater Christian School. The Kalispell private school announced Tuesday afternoon that Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow will be the featured speaker at Stillwater Christian's community banquet March 7. Since then, calls have been pouring in from people wanting…
Boise State University football coach Chris Petersen led the Broncos to a 56-24 thumping of Arizona State on Dec. 23 in the MAACO Bowl played in Las Vegas — the gambling capital of the U.S. But it wasn’t until he returned to Idaho that he…
The Mariner Moose plays peekaboo with 4-year-old Daniel Vitrenko at Providence Sacred Heart Children's Hospital on Wednesday. Watching are Mariners' former player and broadcaster Mike Blowers, left, and Vitrenko's mother, Iulia Vitrenko, right. The Moose, Blowers and two other players, Tom Wilhelmsen and Blake Beavan,…
Benefit Tonight, Opens Friday: A benefit performance of “Rent” will be held tonight to support INBA Outreach scholarships and the North Idaho AIDS coalition. Purchase $25 tickets at www.inbaoutreach.org/rent. Regular performances begin Friday and run through Jan. 29. For tickets you can visit lakecityplayhouse.org. Flashback…
In this Jesse Tinsley SR file photo, Jeff, Alisa and Colin, 3, Brummer of Marysville, Pennsylvania stop to see the wooden sculpture called "Tolerance" at the Bonner County Courthouse in Sandpoint. It has survived controversy, complaints and at least one arson attempt, but the Tolerance…
Wednesday Poll: While Idaho's Republican senators unabashedly embraced prodigal son John McGee Wednesday, Hucks Nation said he should have quit his caucus leadership post for his DUI and another embarrassing episode last year. 96 of 124 respondents (77.42%) said McGee should have stepped down from…
Federal regulators’ decision to shut down the Lucky Friday Mine’s main shaft was greeted with confusion and concern Wednesday in Idaho’s Silver Valley. Officials at Hecla Mining Co., which operates the underground silver mine, said it will take a year to clean the shaft to…
I could tell something was wrong the minute he got into the car. His face was flushed and his eyes bright with unshed tears.As I slowly navigated the school parking lot, an avalanche of words tumbled out. “Alex went to California for Christmas break,” said…
I’m hotter than a car hood baking under a July sun over the rehiring of Travis Smith, that disgrace of a deputy who was rightly canned last year by Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich. Smith racked up three internal investigations in one year, which could…
Anissa Rodriguez, an animal care technician, at the Oregon Humane Society, carries Walter, a 28-pound cat, Wednesday in Portland, Ore. Walter is the biggest cat up for adoption at the shelter. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian)
Boise State defensive backs coach Marcel Yates (Texas A&M) and special teams coach Jeff Choate (Washington State) will leave the Broncos for jobs in Bowl Championship Series conferences, a source told the Idaho Statesman. Their exact titles are unknown, but Yates is expected to coach…
Item: Practice makes perfect: Test-run Idaho caucus win goes to Romney/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: In the non-binding poll, Paul came in first with 173 of the 399 votes cast. Mitt Romney followed with 135 votes, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich came…
I find myself using the cooler more -- and enjoying the exercise. That's the only way some individuals will understand that I'm serious about civility this year. I don't know how many more years I'll be compiling this blog. But I do know that I'm…
Jay Godbey, of Cincinnati, stirs cotton candy while Chance Kagerer, right, of Flint, Mich., and Nathan Arwood, of Flint, stock boards while preparing for the Flint Shrine Circus on Wednesday. The group made more than 1,200 bags of cotton candy for the opening weekend. (AP…
Flashback: Local Republicans fight over precinct reduction, and: Cross chastizes Ward for seeking boycott In my last newsletter column I made a couple of major mistakes and I want to admit them and ask my gentle readers for forgiveness. I made an honest stand about…
5:36 p.m. Mother in 1000 block of Ezra/Hayden reports father won't be returning kids at right time. 5:35 p.m. An unoccupied Jeep has been parked along Pleasantview/PF, running all afternoon. 5:22 p.m. A woman has been hurt in a fall in the Hayden Super 1…
Spokane Police Sgt. Jason Hartman, left, rerouted the 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Unity March in downtown Spokane after a bomb inside a backpack was found hidden behind the garbage can and bench. This year, an increased police presence will be along the normal route.…
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